Can I Run Timberborn?
Released in 2026, Timberborn is an indie simulation game built by Mechanistry. It offers a single player campaign. Metacritic places it at 85. As a new title, the figures below were written against parts you can still buy. 15 languages are covered by the store listing. Completionists have 59 achievements to work through. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS. With more than 37 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 4-core 1.7 GHz or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 950, Radeon R9 380 or similar |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 3 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 or newer |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 4-core 2.9 GHz or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce RTX 2070, Radeon RX 5700 or similar |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 5 GB |
| OS | Windows 11 or newer |
| DirectX | 11 |
Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Timberborn places its action in an open sandbox, and the player works through a city the player lays out. Play is presented in three dimensions. There are 17 official screenshots to judge the look from. The load here grows with the save. An empty map tells you very little about how the machine will cope once the build is large.
Why Timberborn is demanding
The ask Timberborn makes is moderate. GeForce RTX 2070, Radeon RX 5700 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Windows 11 appears in the requirements, which is worth checking before buying Timberborn. Timberborn takes about 5 GB of disk space. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Timberborn scales hard with the hardware you give it. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Timberborn?
Timberborn is light on hardware. Its minimum, GeForce GTX 950, Radeon R9 380 or similar, 8 GB RAM, about 3 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 1.1x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.62x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.27x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Timberborn's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Timberborn?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 4-core 1.7 GHz or better; GPU: GeForce GTX 950, Radeon R9 380 or similar; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 or newer.
How much storage does Timberborn need?
Timberborn needs about 3 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Timberborn?
The RTX 3060 runs Timberborn comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Timberborn?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Timberborn is the GPU.